Brains and Eggs: Sunday Funnies

We put together a cartoon collection about Elon Musk's 'awkward gesture': https://t.co/e5Us1QKaNz

This one is by Oliver Ploux.#ElonMusk #nazisalute pic.twitter.com/u8KrtiIxZ6
— Cartoon Movement (@cartoonmovement) January 22, 2025

The future of the next generation is being stolen due to the misconception of endless growth on our finite planet. The Earth is a closed system for materials. "We are stealing the future, selling it in the present, and calling it GDP" - Paul Hawkenhttps://t.co/DLIGn4uJnd
— Peter Dynes (@PGDynes) January 12, 2024

Medicare for All#SocialistSunday pic.twitter.com/AbBHq010MV
— screamschildrenremoved (@PDiddie) April 13, 2025

This cartoon was drawn in 2009. pic.twitter.com/nwDtBVjU2M
— Friendly Neighborhood Comrade (@SpiritofLenin) July 27, 2024

most of what we fight over is made up... pic.twitter.com/T6UubOBNJ6
— వంశీ చెల్లెపాటి (@Vamshi_C13) November 29, 2025

The Bullock Museum completed a five-year project in December to make all 16,000 years of Texas history encapsulated within its walls available to visitors in both English and Spanish.https://t.co/hGF86uGJx9
— KUT Austin (@KUT) February 8, 2024

If you zoom in on this 1873 map of Houston, you'll see all sorts of interesting stuff, including the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou, which, because it formed a natural turning basin for boats to turn around, was the primary reason the Allen Brothers, John Kirby… pic.twitter.com/yEZ8x47u7r
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) February 6, 2025

Houston, Texas, and US blog roll

Mother Jones

Libs of TikTok Is Reviving an Old Conspiracy Theory About California’s Ballots - “California is rigging the elections,” announced the far-right conspiracist account Libs of Tiktok, run by real estate agent-turned-provocateur Chaya Raich...
The Verge

Adam Mosseri says negativity around AI is ‘going to get worse’ - Asked about AI and the trend of college students booing tech CEOs at graduation ceremonies, Instagram head Adam Mosseri acknowledged in an interview that a...
Raw Story

'Severe risk of losing': Top political group makes stunning change in midterm predictions - Four Republican incumbents may have cost their party control of the House of Representatives this month, according to leading political analysts. Cook P...
Al Jazeera English

UN experts sound alarm at excessive use of force in French student protests - UN experts have condemned police crackdowns, warning they deter demonstrators from exercising their rights.
NPR's Health Shots

Trump administration will allow pharmacies to make popular peptides - The Department of Health and Human Services will let small compounding pharmacies make six peptides that haven't been approved by the Food and Drug Adminis...
The Greanville Post

New Atlas Dispatch: US “Project Meridian” — A Symptom of American Decline, Not a Solution - BB—This video presents a critical analysis of the US government's "Project Meridian" task force, which was announced on September 30, 2026. The speaker arg...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

Dolores Huerta, Labor Leader and Force for Civil Rights, has Died, October 28, 2026 - *Friends:* *I am heartbroken by the news that Dolores Huerta, one of the towering figures of the American labor and civil rights movements, has died at t...
Alternet

Trump's unusually small venue stuns veteran reporter - Once the man who could fill stadiums, Trump appears to be aiming decidedly lower for venue size. “NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Garrett Haake,...
Duck of Minerva

Israel’s Dead End - I was supposed to attend a conference for American academics to debrief on the recent Israeli elections. American Airlines did not cooperate and what was s...
Dissent Magazine

Know Your Enemy: Islamophobia in America, Then and Now - Matt and Sam talk to journalist Rozina Ali about her book, *Seasons of Fury: Four Families and the Rise of Islamophobia in America*.
Political Wire

JD Vance Reaches Out to Iranian Hard-Liner - “Vice President JD Vance is engaging one of Iran’s most powerful hard-liners to revive peace negotiations even as President Trump threatens to restart the ...
Courthouse News

Fourth Circuit weighs minors’ First Amendment rights in challenge to Virginia social media law - The three-judge panel is tasked with determining how a state can protect minors from the harm of social media addiction without violating minors' rights.
CultureMap Houston

Rock band The Neighbourhood adds Houston to 2027 'Wourld' tour - Alternative rock band The Neighbourhood is extending its tour — cheekily named *The Wourld Tour* — into 2027, including a stop at the Toyota Center in Hous...
Eschaton

Happy Hour - Get happy
Houston Public Media

Civil rights organizations sue Texas secretary of state, DPS director over voter registration delays - The lawsuit by the NAACP, Texas NAACP, and Texas LULAC follows revelations that more than half a million voter registration applications were delayed in th...
Slate

Everyone in *You Can See Everything* Is Playing a Character, but Only One Performer Is Utterly Convincing - The movie isn’t so much a documentary with a great performance as it is a documentary about performance.
Futurism

The Hinge on Apple’s Constantly Breaking New Foldable iPhone Was “Built With AI” - "We use AI algorithms to precisely match each individual hinge with its best-fit housing to ensure perfect alignment." The post The Hinge on Apple’s Cons...
Daily Cartoonist

Louis Hellman Retires - The United States and Architectural Record had Alan Dunn, the United Kingdom and Architects’ Journal had Louis Hellman. “Had” because at the age of 90 Hell...
Earthworks

Hearing Spotlights Human Rights Failures of Canadian Mining throughout Latin America and the Caribbean - For years, these communities have fought to have their human rights and right to a healthy environment upheld both in their home countries and in Canada....
IVN

Colorado's Independent Voters Are Outpacing Both Parties in Early Ballots - Colorado's independent voters are returning early ballots at higher rates than Democrats or Republicans, reflecting their majority status in the state and ...
Vox

Republicans have an Epstein problem - This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. Eigh...
Deadline Politics

CNN, MS NOW And Politico Amend Lawsuit To Challenge Trump Ban On Access To Air Force One And The Oval Office - CNN, Politico and MS NOW have filed an amended lawsuit against Donald Trump, this time challenging the White House’s continued exclusion of the outlets fro...
Glasstire

It Takes a Team: A Conversation with Andrew Durham - If there is a straight and narrow path to opening a gallery and representing a formidable roster of artists, Andrew Durham didn’t get the memo. With a re...
Novara Media

Healey Taxes Banks to Cut Energy Bills - We take an in-depth look at John Healey’s first budget as Treasurer. Plus: Polls have closed in Israel, leaving both Netanyahu and the opposition short of ...
Daily Howler

WEDNESDAY: Did Dems just lose the Alaska race? - *WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2026* *Staffers strike again: *We've been semi-wondering when some sch snowshoe might imaginably hit the fan. *Mediaite* sends in...
Environment Texas

Environment Texas endorses Austin Proposition A to protect parks, pools and trails - $260 million bond measure would improve Austin’s parks, pools, trails and recreational facilities. The post Environment Texas endorses Austin Proposition...
El Paso Matters

Opinion: Everyone promises to lower taxes. Few offer solutions - El Paso County Commissioner David Stout argues that unfunded state mandates, jail costs and urban sprawl demand attention as candidates promise lower pr...
The Daily Poster

The Progressive Revolt Stops At Hakeem Jeffries - The Democratic left bets it can win more by working with the House Speaker. That could cost them.
San Antonio Current

Award-winning San Antonio illustrator John Picacio to sign his new book Wednesday at Pearl - [image: The Invisible Parade is local artist John Picacio's published debut writing and illustrating the same work.] The illustrated fantasy book follows ...
OpEd News

Industry Battles Free Drug and Alcohol Recovery Programs - Unethical drugmakers and health insurers have monetized addiction recovery into a $42 billion a year industry' -some luring patients with kickbacks, fabric...
Capital & Main

Casting Ballots: 10 Films for This Midterm Election - As Americans prepare to vote — and President Trump casts doubt on the process — we revisit some of the best films about elections. The post Casting Ballo...
Wolf Street

Fed Holds Rates, but with 2 Dissenters. A Hold before the Election Was Widely Expected. Dissenters Were Not - The statement also left the door wide open for rate hikes. 10-Year Treasury yield kneejerk jumps.
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

They Don’t Even Hide It Now: The Check-In with Jared Yates Sexton and Danielle Moodie - A recording from Jared Yates Sexton's live video
Election Law Blog

“The Limits of Trump’s Midterm Trickery” - The Atlantic: For the first time in modern American history, a sitting president is seeking to wield the force of the state to secure an electoral victor...
Consortium News

Vijay Prashad: The World Order Beyond Polarity - The quest by nations to recover their sovereignty and the creation of international rules capable of constraining corporate power are part of the same stru...
Axios

Iran pressed to make nuke concessions as massive post-midterms strikes loom - Regional mediators led by Qatar are trying to reach a diplomatic deal to restart negotiations between the U.S. and Iran and prevent the resumption of war...
naked capitalism

Coffee Break: Elon Musk Has a Hand in Everything from Anthropic to Skydance to Texas Politics - Elon Musk is playing an outsize role in media, politics and tech in his dealings with Skydance, Anthropic, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
Polygraph (global fact-check)

Renowned Iranian Filmmaker Sentenced to Prison, Asset Confiscation - The Tehran Revolutionary Court has sentenced Jafar Panahi, the renowned Iranian director and filmmaker, to five years and one month in prison. The court al...
The Week

The most entertaining audiobooks ever recorded - Sissy Spacek and Tom Hanks bring some of your favorite stories to life
The Texas Signal

A Fight For The Next Texas Legislature - Statewide races may be generating the most headlines in the lone star state, but there are also pivotal races for the state house and senate on the ballot
The Root

Iyanla Vanzant Gets Brutally Honest About Oprah, Her Daughter’s Funeral, and Tamar Braxton in Explosive New Interview - During her appearance on 'The Jason Lee Show,' Iyanla Vanzant gets real about her fallout with Oprah, her viral interaction with Tamar Braxton, R. Kelly ...
Undernews

Dementia growing - *The Guardian - *The number of people with dementia in the United States is projected to increase dramatically over the next 25 years, which will place inc...
Texas Standard

Abbott’s appeal freezes Hinojosa’s access to Musk emails - The records dispute comes just days before the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Gov. Greg Abbott is seeking a fourth term against his Democratic challenger, state...
Techdirt.

Trump DOJ Says It Won’t Investigate Trump DOJ’s Reflecting Pool Vandalism Arrests - Who wouldn’t love the chance to clear themselves of misconduct? I guess not the Trump DOJ, which decidedly won’t be investigating itself, even though it co...
Mondoweiss

One hour to leave: Hebron families displaced by Israel’s military operation don’t know when they’ll return - [image: Palestinians inspect damage at the site of an attack carried out by Israeli settlers targeting Palestinian vehicles and property in the town of Sur...
Salon.com

“You Can See Everything” leads 2026’s documentary revolution - Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes documentary is changing genre perceptions — and history
Rewire

After Double Mastectomy, Minnesota Mom Runs Shirtless - “In a world where a lot of people are fitting into a mold, you don’t have to," said Katie Leonard of training for races with her new flat chest exposed.
The NM Political Report

Stansbury “adamantly opposed” to Heinrich’s signature permit reform bill - [image: Martin Heinrich and Melanie Stansbury] By Pat Davis, New Mexico Political Report — In a rare public split between members of New Mexico’s Congress...
ProPublica

Meet ProPublica’s 2026 Class of Emerging Reporters - The post Meet ProPublica’s 2026 Class of Emerging Reporters appeared first on ProPublica.
Mediaite

Google’s AI Chatbot Refuses to Answer Question of Who Won 2020 Presidential Election - Google's AI chatbot would not give a straight up answer when asked who won the 2020 Presidential election, instead pointing users to the FEC. The post Go...
Ecosophia

October 2026 Open Post - This week’s Ecosophian offering is the monthly open post to field questions and encourage discussion among my readers. All the standard rules apply (no pro...
WhoWhatWhy

The Media Is Failing To Prepare the Country for Post-Election Chaos - [image: Election Day, Precinct, Presidential, Primary, Election, Vote, Voting,] Donald Trump's past behavior and current actions make it abundantly clear ...
Rallblog

Government Ghosts Family of ICE Murder Victim | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas - LIVE: MWF 9-11 am Eastern time & 9-10 am Tues-Thurs & Streaming Anytime • Alex Pretti’s parents slam the US government for staying silent and misleading ...
Ballot Access News

Tennessee Holds Three-Candidate Gubernatorial Debate - Tennessee held a televised gubernatorial debate on October 27. See this story. The three candidates were the Democratic nominee and two independent candida...
SCOTUSblog

Court to consider federal inmate’s ability to use habeas to accelerate transfer to a halfway house or home confinement - In *Maxwell v. Dinis*, to be argued on Nov. 2, the Supreme Court will address a federal inmate’s ability to use a habeas statute, 28 U.S.C. § 2241, to co...
Mediagazer

A London jury finds far-right activist Tommy Robinson guilty of harassing two Daily Mail journalists over an article about the 2024 Southport murders (Ben Quinn/The Guardian) - Ben Quinn / The Guardian: *A London jury finds far-right activist Tommy Robinson guilty of harassing two Daily Mail journalists over an article about the...
Sludge

House Dems’ Super PAC Attacks Republicans Over Data Center Money While Taking Millions From the Industry - The group’s campaign strategy casts data center developers as a “reviled villain,” even as their executives and investors help finance its bid for a Democr...
Bonddad

The AI data center driven manufacturing rebound continues - * - by New Deal democrat* While we await tomorrow’s deluge of data (Q3 GDP, personal income and spending, and jobless claims) let’s take a look at th...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Judge rules Trump-appointed US prosecutor in Los Angeles is not serving legally – US politics live - Department of Justice says it intends to appeal as administration tries to keep president’s ally Bill Essayli in office - Sign up for the Brea...
The Hill

Why relying on prediction markets in the elections may not be a safe bet - Will pollsters or the prediction markets provide the most accurate forecasts in the midterms?
Church and State

‘Another Year, Another New Record’: UN Highlights Rising Greenhouse Gas Levels Ahead of COP31 - "The big three are carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Since the 1960s, growth rates of CO2 have tripled," Barrett told journalists.
Scheerpost.com

How Serbian Students Toppled An Authoritarian - Breza Race Maksimovic and Jelena Trajčevski Waging Nonviolence With months-long blockades and nonviolent discipline, students successfully removed strongm...
NORML

NORML Op-Ed: The Case Against Question 8 in Massachusetts - [image: stylized image of a hand placing a ballot marked with a marijuana leaf into a box against a soft background of cannabis leaves and the word VOTE]...
Independent Political Report

Newsweek Examines Impact of Libertarian Ted Brown on Heated Texas Senate Race - Libertarian Ted Brown is garnering increased attention as recent polling suggests his candidacy in Texas’ hotly contested U.S. Senate race could impact t...
Progressive.org

Ending Isolation - In Oregon, incarcerated residents are suing to stop the use of solitary confinement.
Bracing Views

America’s Unipolar Fantasy - Thinking It Doesn’t Make It So BILL ASTORE 22 HOURS AGO Yesterday, I was on “Judging Freedom” with Judge Napolitano to discuss America’s state of permanent...
ArcaMax

43-34A Buying Farm Votes with Your Tax Dollars - E-I-E-I-O! If Republican agriculture policy were a crop, farmers would plow it under. Why? Because it's worthless. Worse than worthless, GOP policy: No. 1:...
Antiwar.com

Colombia Threatens its Caribbean Neighbor: Nicaragua - When Abelardo de la Espriella was declared the winner of Colombia’s presidential elections, he announced his plan to sever diplomatic relations with Nicara...
The Conversation

Some states are stepping up after federal childcare cuts – and now offer lessons for the future - Improving both supply and quality of childcare has been the focus of several states trying to find solutions on their own.
Democracy Now!

Israeli Elections to Global Movements: Tariq Ali, Rashid Khalidi on New Book "The Neck and the Sword" - We get analysis of the Israeli elections, the upcoming U.S. midterms, the pro-Palestine movement and more from Palestinian American scholar Rashid Khalidi ...
The Progressive Wing

10/28 News Roundup and Open Thread - Six days away
Space City Weather

Scattered rain chances in the days ahead; next week’s front may have sticking power - In brief: Houston’s forecast finally has some healthy rain chances in it, which marks a notable change from the last several weeks (months for some locatio...
Texas Observer

How Texas Could End Up Paying Billions to an Israeli Company for Water - This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. Si...
Dorf on Law

The Trump DOJ's Incompetence Shouldn't Distract From Its Awfulness - In President Trump's second term, the Department of Justice has been illegally firing and inducing the departure of many of its best lawyers. Although many...
The Smirking Chimp

How Trump and Paxton Can Overturn the Midterms -
Off The Kuff

November 2026 Day Nine EV totals: Hanging in there - Some statewide insights from the Trib: Nearly 4.5 million Texans cast a ballot in the first seven days of early voting — outpacing the turnout rate of the ...
San Antonio Report

Bexar County Jail rolls out major changes to improve how detainees are treated, monitored - Bexar County is expanding jail medical screenings and diversion programs while working to address inmate deaths and improve oversight. ---------------------...
Crooked Media

Democracy Wins in Brazil and Serbia - The post Democracy Wins in Brazil and Serbia appeared first on Crooked Media .
Angry Bear

RFK Jr is an idiot - RFK Jr’s lack of knowledge about healthcare, vaccines and nutrition have been well-documented. Remarkably, this former heroin addict who cops to snorting...
Seeing the Forest

Always The Rich And Powerful vs The Rest Of Us - This post was first published at Government Cheese – Chronicling the collapse of democracy, because it belonged there. On Drudge Report this morning: The ...
Grist

Extreme weather is creating a perfect storm of misinformation. Here’s what’s at stake. - Rumors and conspiracies are spreading too fast for emergency managers to keep up. This information chaos is slowing disaster relief and putting lives at risk.
memeorandum

Federal judge rules top US prosecutor in Los Angeles isn't legally serving (Associated Press) - Associated Press: *Federal judge rules top US prosecutor in Los Angeles isn't legally serving* — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Republican Bill Ess...
jobsanger

The Way Out Of This Mess Is To Support Democrats -
World Socialist Web Site

The Victorian Socialists: A pseudo-left trap for growing anti-capitalist sentiment - The VS program of pressure, protest and parliamentary reform is directed against the fight to build a genuine socialist movement of the working class amid ...
Informed Comment

How Tehran, Washington and London Are Shutting Out Ordinary Iranians - The Cavalier Daily reported that processing of post-graduation work authorizations for Iranian students had been paused.
Brad Blog

House Dems Reveal New Trump Rape Allegation, Call for Special Counsel Probe of Epstein Files, Todd Blanche: ‘BradCast’ 10/27/2026 - With one week to go before Election Day, things are getting plenty wacky — and a bit disturbing — on today’s BradCast. [Audio link to full show follows thi...
Claytoonz

MAGA War Profiteer - Read the Blog and subscribe to my Substack. There are 7 days until the midterms. Support your local cartoonist: If you want to support the cartoonist, plea...
Workers World

The bonafide aggressors of war - [image: The bonafide aggressors of war] The U.S. and Israel announced on Oct. 22 that they are planning military strikes on Iran after the U.S. midterm ele...
Popular Resistance

The ‘War Of Grand Design’ - The paradigm shifts. The networked supra-national stratum that long has pursued its global “grand design” through manufacturing public consent for wars o...
Portside

Lula’s Victory Offers Hope for Democracy and the Amazon - Lula’s Victory Offers Hope for Democracy and the Amazon Judy Tue, 10/27/2026 - 19:48
Black Agenda Report

Trump ABANDONS Gulf States! Iran Base HIT! - Trump ABANDONS Gulf States! Iran Base HIT! bareditors Wed, 10/28/2026 - 04:17 Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist Sabby Sabs
Liberation News

Microsoft lays off 60,000 as workers pay for AI gamble - The whole capitalist class has proven that it is unfit to control this technology and it is unfit to run society.
Socialist Alternative

The Mass Movement Brought Down Vučić—Historic Election In Serbia - Sunday’s election in Serbia resulted in a victory for the movement and a crushing defeat for Aleksandar Vučić and his authoritarian, corrupt regime. The el...
slacktivist

Cycling down the widening gyre - The thing about laying off a bunch of writers and editors is that all of those people are going to turn around and write about it.
Idavox

Brazil: Lula’s presidential win puts the brakes on the rise of the far right in Latin America - And of course, the opposition is crying election fraud! The Conversation Luiz Inácio Lula da... The post Brazil: Lula’s presidential win puts the brakes ...
First Draft

One Week - Team MAGA is flailing as they flood the zone with shit, smoke, and lies. 7 days until the election. Tick tock, motherfuckers.
High Country News

Who gets a buyout after rural New Mexico’s flooding? - A new program offers a lifeline for homeowners, but the disaster aid isn’t available to everyone. The post Who gets a buyout after rural New Mexico’s fl...
Greg Palast

How Trump, Paxton Can Overturn the MidtermsSeveral “legal” actions can reverse next week’s vote - The operation is in place to overturn the results of next Tuesday’s vote in the midterm elections. Trump has already put the wheels in motion for a “legal”...
The AltWorld

On Google Killing 400,000 Trees To Build Data Centers In Finland - That story about Google killing hundreds of thousands of trees in Finland for its data center project […] The post On Google Killing 400,000 Trees To Bui...
Common Dreams

Monsters 'R Us - Most of Planet Earth now knows cruelty is the point of Trump 2. But if anyone implausibly needs more evidence, meet Rev. Edward Nalwamba, a 79-year-old, ...
See You In 2020

The Epsteinite network’s roots run deep, so our campaign against it must look like a Cultural Revolution - What Americans have seen so far of the Epsteinite network is only one tip within the structure; the rest is for us to investigate, and to dismantle in o...
Ian Welsh

Lula Wins In Brazil, His Opponent Has His Passport Seized - Lula came back to win in Brazil. Flavio Bolsonaro, his opponent had more votes in the first round, but lost in the second. There are a few issues here to u...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

'Conservative parents upset that anti-trans ads are teaching kids that trans people exist' & other Mon/Tue news briefs - Conservative parents claim that anti-trans ads against Senate candidate James Talarico are teaching their children that trans people exist. *Editor's not...
Speak Freely (ACLU)

Want to Lower the Cost of Living? Unrig our Democracy. - Going into the midterms, voters are feeling the squeeze in their wallets and need relief. The answer lies in holding accountable politicians who prioritize...
Project Censored

Black Youth in the Media: Hearing About Them— Not From Them - Featuring Tianna Jameswhite
Texas Freedom Network

Thomas Ray Garcia por de la Junta de Educación Estatal (SBOE) - Anuncio político pagado por Texas Freedom Network. Read in English Este otoño, los votantes desde South Padre hasta la Bahía de Matagorda tienen un super...
Consent Factory, Inc.

My Heartfelt Apology to the German Authorities and Courts on the Occasion of My Sentencing for Heinous Tweet-Crimes - So I was sentenced for my tweet-crimes this morning. My sentencing hearing took place in Berlin District Court, where I was originally acquitted of the sam...
Crooked Timber

NAZA – on being a cog in a machine - I went to see NAZA last week. In case you haven’t heard yet, NAZA is a documentary on the Israeli machinery of mass killing in Gaza. It draws a picture of ...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

Despite a Blocked Gerrymander, Virginia Democrats Aim for House Gains Anyway - Jeff Schapiro on Virginia's 2026 elections The post Despite a Blocked Gerrymander, Virginia Democrats Aim for House Gains Anyway appeared first on Sabato...
Debunking Christianity

Introduction To Why I Became an Atheist, by John W. Loftus - *As I announced earlier I've decided to publish whole chapters from my books. I may eventually publish them all, certainly a bunch of them. The goal will ...
Infidel753

Truths and inspirations for 26 October 2026 - If an image is hard to see or read, right-click and open the link in a new tab for the full-size version. [For the link round-up, click here.] I congratul...
Land Destroyer

US Project Meridian” - A Symptom of American Decline, Not a Solution - *October 12, 2026 *(NEO - Brian Berletic) - US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth recently announced the creation of the 120 day task force, “Project Meri...
Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

Democratic economic planning and ecological transition - This seminar considers the ecological and systemic arrangements for a postcapitalist political economy. The post Democratic economic planning and ecologi...
Campaign for America's Future

Will You Save Democracy? - Everyone who has the right to vote must vote. We must send a clear message to authoritarians that we reject their plan, and reject division. We stand toget...
MintPress News

Iran Threatens “War Without Limits” On Israel, Unveils “Shocking” Weapons, As Casualties Mount - Iran’s Army has revealed a new drone that carries a warhead twice the weight of the previous generation, as Tehran threatens a war without limits in reta...
The Militant

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Lowering the Bar

Flamingo Stealer Convicted of Animal Cruelty - [image: flamingo and idiots in hotel hallway]Happily, Peachy the Flamingo has fully recovered from the ordeal.
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: DADDY ISSUES EDITION. - *I forgot they were good right to the end.* Getting close to zero hour, so Tubby and his goons are trying to fuck with the election. For example, he was ...
LareDOS

Avowed racist Bo French running for Texas Railroad Commissioner - His xenophobic sentiments evidence a lack of character
The Grayzone

Israel demolishes home of Lebanese journalist whose viral film exposed pager attack - The occupying Israeli army targeted a prominent Lebanese journalist when they pillaged and demolished his painstakingly-constructed family home located o...
Alas, a Blog

Nobody In Israel Said That! - Sources for all quotes used in the cartoon are at the end of this post. In a TV appearance in April 2024, Israeli-American journalist and pundit Emily Schr...
Two Party Opera

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Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

EU Flag, Revised, no. 2 - 11 x 17 inch high-res color .jpg image, 1.5mb …Governments do not launch wars simply because they confront domestic unrest. The fundamental causes of imper...
DeSmogBlog

In Pictures: ‘Armageddon’ at Europe’s Swim Spots Linked to Climate Change and Factory Farm Pollution - A version of this article was published in Euronews and Climatica Across Brittany, tractors can be seen trundling onto beaches to remove truckloads of fo...
Discourse

Vivek Ramaswamy’s Vile Endgame (w/Producer Sam) - Plus: A vibe check from the Texas early voting frontlines, Bari Weiss (reportedly!) going after Abdul El-Sayed, and against spoilers!!!
Krebs on Security

Widespread PHP Flaw May Cause Many Site Outages Today - Expect to see quite a few websites serving "404" or "Page Not Found" errors today: Nearly 70 percent of websites need to update their core software to fix ...
Trivial Knot

We’re back - FTB was down for about a week. Bluehost seems to have issues getting its database in order, and every so often convinces itself that FTB’s true owner is t...
Progressives Chat

2026 U.S. Midterms: Two Weeks Out - Effective with this topic’s publishing date…we are two weeks out from the general election scheduled for Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Here are some of my t...
Earth 911

Sustainability In Your Ear: XPRIZE’s David Babson on Why Climate Grand Challenges Need Buyers, Too - Buyers contracted nearly 30 million tons of durable carbon removal in 2025, more than triple... The post Sustainability In Your Ear: XPRIZE’s David Babso...
Field Negro

"The Art of The Steal. " - The following is from the website of Representative Laura DeLauro who represents the3rd District of Connecticut. "Pay to Play: Trump’s Record of Corrup...
TalkLeft

Thursday Open Thread - There has been so much coverage of the war in Iran and the midterm elections, other topics are getting short shrift. Like the Trump family and Kushner's ...
nonsite.org

Introduction to Capitalism 1996–2026 - If, we take seriously, as the contributors to this issue argue we must, the idea that capital has reached the point where it can no longer afford to (and s...
Web of Debt

Dollar Reset 2.0: Stablecoins, Treasury Bills and the Case for Public Banks - The Digital Dollar Drain, image by ScheerPost Washington’s stablecoin strategy could shore up the dollar by making U.S. Treasury bills the backing for a ne...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Walmart Crime Report September 2026 - Walmart had at least another seven more shootings in September 2026 including three fatal shootings, two of which were suspects killed by police, the th...
Media Lens

Has Andy Burnham Ever Heard Of The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation? - Last week, Andy Burnham, the new Labour leader and UK Prime Minister, addressed the Labour party conference in Liverpool: ‘All Together Now. That’s my rall...
Unlimited Hangout

EP003: The Unlimited Hangout Podcast - The Bitcoin-Dollar - In this episode, Whitney and Mark discuss their actual (and often misrepresented) views on Bitcoin and stablecoins and how both are due to be used in tande...
Counterpunch

Nuremberg’s Warning: When Law Legitimates the Machinery of Authoritarianism - After visiting the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam, legal scholar Kim Wehle observed, fascism does not always arrive through spectacular acts of f...
Avedon's Sideshow

Knowing it was gone - A colorful September morning in Glastonbury, by Michelle Cowbourne. It's been back in the news that Netanyahu knew, and didn't tell his security people. J...
Democracy Chronicles

A Big Day for Somalilanders (And A Friend) At The U.N. - Somaliland is a peaceful democracy, thriving with free markets and allies, now seeking recognition to secure its rightful future.
Edinburg Politics

With CD players all but eliminated from new cars, Congress set to save AM radio in vehicles from same fate, reports Edinburg Mayor Omar Ochoa - FEATURED, CENTER: Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, appears at a press conference regarding Trump Accounts on Monday, August 31, 2026 at the AT&T Hotel in Austin. On...
The Rag Blog

JAMES RETHERFORD / Noel Godin: The Art of the Tart - By James Retherford / The Rag Blog / September 24, 2026 “Entartons les pompeux cornichons!”(”Let’s pie the pompous windbags!“)—Noël Godin (1945-2026) ”Some...
Green Pages News

A Call for Truth, Accountability, and Mental Health Care in the Wake of Recurring Tragedy - GARNER, NC – Today, I am speaking not only as a candidate for the U.S. Senate and a co-chair of the Black Caucus of the North Carolina Green Party, but as ...
Texas Environmental News

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Texas Monthly

The Hunt Is On for a Million-Dollar Cooper Flagg Trading Card - Millionaires want it. Memorabiliamongers want it. Even the Mavericks want it—and are willing to give up more than a pretty penny to get it.
Equality Texas

Pride Takes a Community - Across Texas, businesses of every size stepped up in extraordinary ways and became Partners in Pride. Some hosted fundraising events. Others donated a port...
The Socialist

Eric Adams Net Worth 2026: The Real Numbers Behind the Indictment - If you search for Eric Adams’ net worth online, you will instantly hit a wall of conflicting numbers. Some celebrity wealth trackers claim he is sitting on...
Stinque

Pop! Six! Squish! Uh-uh! Cicero! Lipschitz! - The post Pop! Six! Squish! Uh-uh! Cicero! Lipschitz! appeared first on Stinque.
Free & Equal

We Need More Choices in Elections | Christina Tobin Interviewed by Matt Kibbe - Tune in to hear Free and Equal founder Christina Tobin dive deep with Matt Kibbe on his show “Kibbe on Liberty!” They discuss the importance of breaking ...
Countercurrents

Abdullah Quilliam: The Forgotten Pioneer of Child‑Centered Welfare and Social Protection - Abdullah Quilliam — born William Henry Quilliam in 1856 — was a British solicitor from Liverpo...
The Mind Unleashed

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Skeptophilia

Thy fearful symmetry - For some of the most fundamental aspects of life, it's uncertain whether or not evolution was *constrained*. The question has great significance with regar...
FrontBurner – D Magazine

Surprise shows coming to Dallas this weekend - Is it really a weekend in Dallas without some pop-up shows? No, it is not. But we’re hearing about two this weekend that you should definitely put on your ...
Dispatches from the Underclass

“They’re Demonic” – Israel Runs the Gaza Playbook in Lebanon (w/ Rania Khalek) - I was on Bad Faith Podcast with Briahna Joy Gray to talk about Israel’s war on Lebanon, check it out:
Downwinders at Risk

ForwardDallas - We are reclaiming our neighborhoods by embedding life-changing environmental justice policies into the city’s DNA, finally putting an end to industrial pol...
Dissident Voice

Tulsi Gabbard and Joe Kent - Frank had just finished listening to online news about how US government officials viewed the Israel-United States war of aggression launched against Ira...
Reading the Pictures

Caught My Eye: Trump, the Bomber, and the Blowback - A round‑up of pictures that cut through the spin and highlight the fallout, from Iran to the home front. The post Caught My Eye: Trump, the Bomber, and t...
WAWG Blog

Are Election Safeguards Sufficient for Our 2026/2028 General Elections? - While no system can be 100?% immune to attempts at manipulation, the combination of legal requirements, bipartisan procedural rules, and independent audi...
Second Nexus

U.S. Hockey Star Slams White House For Sharing AI-Doctored Video Of Him Insulting Canadians - There's a saying about laying down with dogs. Or, you're known by the company you keep. NHL player and Team USA member Brady Tkachuk is learning that les...
Screwston Antifascist Committee

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Targets Screwston Anti-Fascists For Investigation - BREAKING Our organization is being targeted by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton who, on Friday, February 6th, released a public statement calling us “dera...
Moron Majority

After Disastrous Bondi Hearing, Stetson University College of Law Issues Statement - Pam Bondi received her Juris Doctor degree from Stetson University College of Law in 1990. The Florida law school fears for its reputation after Bondi’s un...
The Disorder Of Things

Call for Participation: Women, Peace and Security Research Network UK - Date: Tuesday 19 May 2026 Venue: Queen Mary University of London Format: A one-day event with 20-25 participants The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) UK Res...
Dandelion Salad

Marxist Scholar Michael Parenti Dies at 92 + When you had the Crisis of Capitalism, Fascism is an Attempt at a Final Solution to the Class Struggle - Michael died Saturday, January 24, 2026. My sincere condolences and deepest sympathies to all his family, friends and readers. He will be missed by many. —...
Daily Dot

Rumors that the Starbucks unicorn frappe will return are rampant on TikTok, but is it just more 2016 nostalgia? - [image: starbucks unicorn frappe] People on social media are expressing nostalgia for Starbucks’ discontinued Unicorn Frappe—and spreading rumors about i...
Reform Austin

A Farewell from Reform Austin - After much reflection, we’ve made the difficult decision to close down Reform Austin. Since our inception, our mission has been to provide Texans with re...
Reveal

How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE’s Facial Recognition Tech - [image: Two federal agents are standing in the sun wearing police vests. One agent is holding a cell phone.] Jesus Gutiérrez told immigration agents he wa...
ExChristian.Net

Turn off the Light - *By BlackFreethought ~ * Once I took off the mask and removed the veneer of Christianity during this second deconstruction, the world became a more scary...
American Prospect

More State (or Is It Just Trump?) Capitalism - Treasury’s Bessent says the feds will jump into pharmaceuticals and shipbuilding. California’s Newsom says the state has produced and will sell insulin at ...
Progressive Army

Acta de reunión de comisión directiva - Estimados socios buenos días: Les hacemos llegar en adjunto acta número 920 relacionada a la reunión de comisión directiva realizada el día miércoles 24 ...
Rio Grande Guardian

Smith: Border Days - Border chronicler Morgan Smith recaps a two-day trip he recently made to Mexico, including stops in Anapra, Juárez, and Palomas. The post Smith: Border D...
ROAR Magazine

Weiss Casino Kifizetés: Gyors és Megbízható Pénzfelvételi Módszerek - Ez a cikk részletes áttekintést nyújt a Weiss Casino kifizetési lehetőségeiről, különös figyelmet fordítva a gyors és megbízható pénzfelvételi módszerekre....
GreenSource DFW

Commercial clients lining up for quiet, all-electric landscaping service - *The Greener Good crew manicuring the grounds at Southlake’s Delta Hotel by Marriott in July. Photo courtesy of the Greener Good.* Aug. 8, 2025 At least...
Nina Illingworth

Journal: Courage, Cowardice, and Collaboration - Rashid Khalidi's recent stand against Columbia University's collaboration with Trump's fascist cultural agenda is important; more US educators should joi...
Bud Kennedy

Joe Rogan tells Texas Democrat James Talarico, ‘You need to run.’ Does he? | Opinion - If Texas Democrats need young talent, James Talarico is a start. The 36-year-old Texas House lawmaker from Round Rock is not far removed from his days as J...
Eater Houston

The Best Hidden Gem Restaurants in Houston - [image: A person serves a matcha martini at Bar Doko.] Let Eater point you to some of the most underrated and under-the-radar restaurants in Houston. | Mi...
Ring of Fire

Trump Threatens Media Outlet Over Don Jr’s Comparison To Hunter Biden - Donald Trump Jr. has been crisscrossing the planet using his dad’s name, his name, of course, to get all of these business deals and put money in his poc...
Southeast Texas Record

Case activity for Maa Wwarrs -Maa Vintage Park, LLC vs Keidre Mccall on May 14 - The Harris County Civil Court reported the following activities in the suit brought by Jack Garland Jr. and Maa Wwarrs -Maa Vintage Park, LLC against All...
Save Buffalo Bayou

Cutting Forest for Stormwater Basins - Is that A Good Idea? The Value of Lost Ecosystem Services April 29, 2025 Digging out the land to create basins to hold stormwater and prevent flooding is a...
Texans For Public Justice

New Report & Tool to Track Flaring - The “Texas Flaring Project” released a website and a report today analyzing how the state’s oil and gas industry wastes valuable natural gas by flaring a...
Political Garbage Chute

Why Did The Secretary of Defense Text Me Dick Pics and Nuclear Launch Codes? - “I’m Prince of War now, got it? I’ll do what I want. Text what and who I want.” Well, that was a new one. I have to say in all my years covering politics...
The Reality-Based Community

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CPI's Danger in the Air

Public Integrity’s “40 Acres and a Lie” project is honored by the Philip Meyer Journalism Awards - [image: A collage illustration that pairs pictures of William T. Sherman with Trinity Church in Edisto, South Carolina. Overlaying Sherman is a snippet of ...
Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center

Anti-Immigrant Group FAIR Taps Controversial Former Sheriff to Serve in Adviser Role - A law enforcement figure associated with the extremist “constitutional sheriff” ideology will serve as an adviser for the anti-immigrant hate group Federat...
New Progressive Alliance

2024 Annual Report - *2024 Annual Report* - Publishing in social media means publishing a reference in Facebook at Colorado Best Democracy, Greens Discuss the Issues, L...
Texas Watch

In the News: Insurance Crisis Hurting Texans - We have been updating you throughout the year on the insurance crisis gripping our state and our nation. Insurance companies have *hiked our rates beyon...
BEYONDbones

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Border/Lines

The immigration 'vibe shift'—11-19-24 - Immigration news, in context.
Robert Reich

How We Take Back the Supreme CourtWhere do you see yourself in... - *How We Take Back the Supreme Court* Where do you see yourself in 2060? What about your kids or grandkids? Will Donald Trump be affecting your life even ...
Grits for Breakfast

Grits publishes "Tulia" zine for 25th anniversary: Preorder now! - Until Jeff Frazier and the good folks at Mano Amiga in San Marcos reached out about their event Monday night, I had not realized it was the 25th anniversar...
Right Wing Watch

Right Wing Round-Up: One Really Violent Day - Marshall Cohen and Daniel Dale @ CNN: Fact check: 12 election lies Trump is using to set the stage to dispute a potential 2024 defeat Former President Do...
Dos Centavos

Ay Te Watcho, Houston - Well, if you’re reading this on this Labor Day, these words are being typed from Northern Colorado. After 26 years of living in Houston and 53 in Texas, it...
Morning Consult

Replicating Experimental Findings with Online Panels - The post Replicating Experimental Findings with Online Panels appeared first on Morning Consult.
TXElects

Consistency in Texas: Trump Maintains Lead Over Biden in Latest Polls - *By Jeff Blaylock – Founder & Senior Editor* *JUNE. 20, 2024* Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Former President Trump leads President Biden by 7 po...
CT's short stories and novelettes

Grape - “I can jump a ship there. Just get me in the city limits. I will take it from there.” “How many sapiens did you kill?” “Five. Why do you want to know?”...
The Intercept

In No Labels Call, Josh Gottheimer, Mike Lawler, and University Trustees Agree: FBI Should Investigate Campus Protests - The bipartisan duo also praised schools that brought in police to violently quell protests and connected the demonstrations to the TikTok ban. The post I...
The Stars Hollow Gazette

NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2024: Second Four Play Ins - This s the second night of the women’s Play-Ins.Here are last night’s winners and losers: Time Network Seed School Record Region Score Seed School Record R...
Shadowproof

Shadowproof Is Shutting Down - After eight years, we have decided that it is time to shut down Shadowproof, but that does not mean that the independent journalism that we fostered is c...
One People's Project

2023 Year End Campaign! - The time has come to ask for your help as we head along into what promises to be one busy 2024! 2023 Year End Campaign The post 2023 Year End Campaign! a...
Innocence Project

Perry Lott is Exonerated After 35 Years of Wrongful Conviction in Ada, Oklahoma - The post Perry Lott is Exonerated After 35 Years of Wrongful Conviction in Ada, Oklahoma appeared first on Innocence Project.
Latino Rebels

Neuro-Inclusivity, Belonging and Radical Hospitality - Latino Rebels Radio goes on the road for a live podcast recording at Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut. Host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes seve...
FiveThirtyEight.com

What Americans Think Of The Biden Impeachment Inquiry - Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly-ish polling roundup. It’s officially impeachment season again. On Tuesday, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announc...
Tribune of the People

Tribune of the People was the news organ of a political cult called the “CR-CPUSA” and collapsed in March 2022 - Read about what happened here: https://maoistcultexposed.wordpress.com/ This website belonged to a political cult called the “Committee to Reconstitute the...
Caitlin Johnstone

CaitlinJohnstone.com Is Now At CaitlinJohnstone.com.au - Hello subscribers, As you may have noticed, our website at caitlinjohnstone.com has been reduced to a shuffle lately, suffering repeated 502 errors for rea...
So Far From Heaven (Jack Purcell, RIP)

Draw an Ask Old Jules card on YouTube - Hello everyone, I decided to upload videos of drawing one card at a time on YouTube. This will happen three times a week. If you want to go over and look, ...
Lawfare

UN Special Rapporteur Releases Guantánamo Report - On June 26, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism Fionnuala Ní Aoláin released her report following a technical visit ...
In These Times

How Israeli Spyware Endangers Activists Across the Globe - Israeli surveillance technology is empowering antidemocratic governments to track journalists and human rights activists. Regulation is virtually nonexistent.
News Junkie

Mayotte Crisis: Putrid Leftover of France’s Imperialist and Colonialist Scrooge? - The cycle of empires It is not as if President Macron and his administration needed a new crisis to add to the turmoil of his second term in power. Unlike ...
DBC Green

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Buzzflash

Rebecca Solnit: "Forget Geoengineering. We Need To Stop Burning Fossil Fuels. Right Now." - The Guardian
Living Blue in Texas

TEXIT: The Conservative Movement To Turn Texas Into A White Ethnostate - Unpacking “Texit” and the potential consequences of secession. A few years ago, we wrote “QAnon Conspiracies And Neo-Confederate Beliefs Behind Texit Movem...
Eclectablog

Making democracy work for our environment – wsg Nayyirah Shariff & Sean McBrearty - Nayyirah Shariff on Twitter: @NayyirahShariff Flint Rising on Twitter: @FlintRising Flint Rising's website: FlintRising.com Sean McBrearty on Twitter: @Sea...
Echidne of the Snakes

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VICE

Three UFOs Shot Down by US Weren't Chinese Spy Balloons: Biden - However, President Joe Biden did not say what the three objects were, saying the military is still searching for the debris.
Texas Moratorium Network

Senator Sarah Eckhardt Files Bill to Abolish Death Penalty - A State Senator we wrote asking to file a bill to abolish the death penalty has filed a bill to abolish the death penalty. So, we have a senate sponsor o...
Media Myth Alert

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Due Dissidence

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Duffel Blog

Make-A-Wish kid gets 'Day 1 recycled' at Ranger school - “Rules are rules,” said a Ranger Instructor.
Strategic Culture Foundation

WHO Chief, TPLF Leader Tedros Silent About His Party’s Theft of World Food Program Fuel - UN World Health Organization chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom is also the world’s most prominent advocate of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front. He has said no...
BillMoyers.com

PODCAST: Dr. Bandy Lee Saw It Coming – The Violence Foretold in Donald Trump’s Election - Our democracy has been eroding in tandem with the rise in inequality, says Dr. Lee. The Trump presidency is not really about Donald Trump the individual....
Chicken Fried Politics

Symbolic solution in search of an actual problem - Support of 9 Southern Republicans for Respect for Marriage Act shows why Supreme Court isn’t about to ban same-sex marriage ♦By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedP...
Pages of Victory

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The Contributor

34 Senate Republicans oppose even debating gun safety compromise bill - News Image: Every Democrat and 14 Republicans in the Senate voted to consider bipartisan compromise gun safety legislation. Category: Guns in America ori...
Bayou Brief

Tilly Snyder Is Missing Again - Wikipedia’s decision to permanently delete John K. Snyder’s page cannot erase the true story of one of the most eccentric politicians in Louisiana history ...
Washington Babylon

Sub to Our Stack! - [image: Sub to Our Stack!] Hey! We’re back! It’s been a while but *Washington Babylon* is back up and running. Read more @ Washington Babylon...
Talking Points Memo

Scott Pruitt, Yes That Scott Pruitt, Is Running For Senate - Nearly four years after he resigned from the Trump administration amid a cloud of scandal and profligate spending of taxpayer...
Liberal America

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Republicans’ Identity Crisis - This week, Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered his long-anticipated, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. No sooner did this happen than Donald Trump–the...
Popehat

Customer Agent Rendering - A customer representative or perhaps buyer broker is the strategy of a brokerage or property broker symbolizing a client in an financial commitment transac...
epic.org

EPIC, Coalition Urge FTC to Issue Rules Protecting Consumers Against Data Abuse and Discrimination - Today, EPIC and a coalition of 44 consumer advocacy, civil rights, and media democracy groups urged the Federal Trade Commission to initiate a rulemaking t...
Truthdig

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Malady

Capital’s profitability now depends on ‘lockdowns’, acute social enclosure, and ‘medical’ tyranny - * *This essay was originally posted in April 2021 (and regularly updated) on Medium.com but was censored in September and then put “under investigation”. H...
Freethought Now

FFRF’s Freethought Now Blog has moved! - FFRF has moved our blog, Freethought Now! Check out our new blog today.
Louis Proyect

The Future of this Blog - Update: this site has now returned to its free version at https://louisproyect.wordpress.com … i do not know how much longer https://louisproyect.org will ...
INSIDER - politics news

TikTok extremism exposed: over 1,000 videos found including Holocaust denial, white supremacy, and ISIS propaganda, according to new report - [image: TikTok] Summary List Placement New research released by a counter-extremism think tank found that over 1,000 TikToks featuring hate speech and e...
Houston Press

Simone Biles Also Withdraws From Individual All-Around in a Post-Karolyi Era - After her shocking withdrawal from the U.S. women’s gymnastics team finals on Tuesday due to mental health concerns, Houston’s own Simone Biles has now—per...
Dallas Observer

'Viruses Are Going to Virus': COVID-19 Infections Rise Among Vaccinated Texans - Several fully vaccinated Texas Democratic lawmakers have tested positive for COVID-19, becoming some of the most widely publicized instances of so-called "...
Progressives Everywhere

Ohio’s Gerrymandered Theocracy Exhibit the Stakes of Voting Rights - Inaction of voting rights will be very deadly
Anti-Media

Peer-Reviewed and Published: Adoption of Ivermectin to Combat COVID-19 is Justified - The study's authors conclude that "large reductions in COVID-19 deaths are possible using ivermectin."
Bad Attitudes

Big Government Handouts - Recently, Elon Musk beat out Jeff Bezos for a 2.9 billion contract from NASA to fly one of his magnificent exploding rocket ships to the moon. In true Am...
PBD - Progressive Blog Digest

46 - Joe Biden, the president of the United States. Not a perfect president, but the perfect president for these post-Trump times. Earnest, unpretentious, good-...
Latino Decisions

Alex Padilla, Latino Champion of Voter Access, New California US Senator - In a historic event, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla has been appointed as United States Senator by Governor Gavin Newsom. Secretary Padilla...
TomDispatch

Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, The Madness of War, American-Style - In choosing a title for his final, posthumously published book, the prominent public intellectual Tony Judt turned to a poem by Oliver Goldsmith, *The De...
Art Killing Apathy

Free Speech Is More Complicated Than You Think - By Eleanor Goldfield The truth is – words are dangerous. Words are the catalysts of all action – good or evil. To start with a cliché but solid example: ...
Defend our Movements

Assessing Tech: How We Know If It’s On Our Side - By Bex Hong Hurwitz, Tiny Gigantic Over the past months, technical research into privacy and security concerns with Zoom and Zoom’s actions in response hav...
Better Texas Blog

New Census Data Confirms Texas Needs to Equitably Invest in Anti-Poverty Programs - Looking for analysis of the new health insurance numbers released this week? Check out our blog here! Although median income and poverty rates improved ...
Texas Rural Voices

“IT’s” the RACISM, STUPID! - It is at the center of our national attention. And, justifiably so. It’s presence permeates our national psyche, whether we acknowledge it or not. We...
PERRspectives

On the Ground Update: Acting DHS Secretary Wolf Understates Portland Crisis - Over the past 24 hours, Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf has faced a firestorm of criticism for his over-the-top rhetoric and gra...
Austin 360

Neuron Garage - Neuron Garage Camp Expands to 12 Locations for Summer 2020! Austin-based day camp, Neuron Garage, is quickly gaining a loyal following as the Hands-On Bu...
Think 3 Institute

What is it about Trump? - *P*art of it is this: millions of people who'd never want Donald Trump to be their boss now feel that he has become, or is becoming, exactly that. Somethin...
Modern Democracy

Roberts’ Next Thicket?: The Coming One-Person, One-Vote Battle Over “How Much is Too Much” - Recently, Nick Stephanopoulos pointed out how Rucho was written as if constitutional racial vote dilution claims never existed. The same might also be said...
The Metaphor Project

Say: “Move America Forward?” - In the first Democratic presidential debate, Andrew Yang proposed a slogan, “Not left, not right, forward!” The next day I corrected it on Twitter to be “...
Truthout

Despite Shutdown, Trump Is Pushing Forward Plans to Drill in Arctic - With Trump, oil drilling takes priority over essential services like trash pickup in national parks.
Splinter

Someone threatened to set a University of Michigan student on fire for wearing a hijab. This must stop. - Steps away from the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, a stranger approached a student and threatened to set her on fire with a lighter, police ...

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